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IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS POR SPONGING CLOTH.

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To ALL wHoM Ir MAY coN'onRN:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. PAUL, of the city and county of Philadelphia, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Sp'onging full, clear, and exact description of the same, of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my'invention.

.In this inventionthe cloth is sponged by steam, applied through a perforated adjustable horizontal cylinder, around which the cloth is rolled. A

In the drawings, A represents .the boiler, having a funnel, B, with an elbow, anda support, C, to receive and hold the end of the cylinder.v The latteris composed of two pieces, D and'E, each perforated in regular rows, o o o o, arranged longitudinally upon the cylinder, between which are spaces, as-wide as the diameterxoi the holes o o.` One of these pieces slides upon the other, iitting tightly upon it. The pieces D and E are thus capable of'both a longitudinal and rotary sliding motion. One extremity, D, of the cylinder, has a cylindrical extremity is simply a funnel, Vor.prolongation of the upon the support C. F F are langes, between which The holes o o o o are arranged at regular distances around the he lines of apertures that run around the cylinder -are situated at just the distance apart that distinguishes one width of cloth fromanother,` so that when the parts and E are extendedJto the utmost, the cylinder will permit the widest kinds of cloth to be rolledl around it. When slid together far enough to reduce thelengt'h of the cylinder by one row of holes, it will be adjusted to receive the cloth next in width kto the former, etc.. By this means the cylinder can be readily adjusted to cloth of any` width whatever. 4 l' The operationvof-,ths apparatus is exceedingly' simple. The boiler, stove, generates steam, which, passili'g' through the funnel Binto the horizontal cylinder D E, isA applied to the cloth wound round the cylinder through the perforations o o o o. The cylinder is adjusted to the width of the cloth by the means above described.A The amount of steam operating upon the clothis adjusted'byturnng the partD upon the part E, so as to open the holes o o o o more or less. In addition to this, a. damper may be lprovided in the neck of the cylinder, outside of the flange e, or in the funnel B.

The advantages of this apparatus over the old method ofsponging cloth are very great. By the old method, the cloth had to bel wound or rolled. with damp cloth, and left in that situation from ten to twelve hours before it became ready for use. By this method, the same result can be reached in five minutes. The old process was not only slow, but involved greater labor and trouble. This apparatus can be put into operation with no delay, and very little labor. The boiler inay be always upon the s tove and ready for use, if the work is such as to. require it.

I am aware that a cylindrical apparatus and State of Pennsylvania, Cloth; and I do hereby declare the following to be a reference beingr had to the accompanying drawings, forming part cylinder, the end of which lits into the funnelB, and rests the cloth is to be rolled around the cylinder.

which maybe setupon any common for sponging cloth 'was patented by Louis Rothschild, April 19, 1864. I consider my apparatus vastly superior, as that apparatus cannot be adjusted to the varyingwidth of different kinds of cloth that have to be used in every tailor-shop, nor can the amountof steam'fed to the clothV be'regulated; but in my invention both of these results are effected with the utmost ease, and without delay. Having thus described my invention, 'what I claim as` new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The adjustable perforated horizontal cylinders D E, constructed, arranged, and operating as above described. lo the above specification oi' my improvement, I have signed my hand, this 14th dayof May, 1867i JOHN .Ri PAUL. Witnesses:

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